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PATEN-TED. NOV. 13, 1906.

F. WENKB.

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APPLICATION FILED AUG. 19, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

FRANZ WENKE, OF FORT WINGATE, TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO V. F. FISCHER, OF FORT \VINGATE, TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO,

STAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Nov. 13, 1906.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANZ WENKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort WVingate, in the county of McKinley and Territory of New Mexico, have invented a new and useful Stamp, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hand-stamps, particularly of that character employed in marking mail, though not limited in this respect, for it may be used in a variety of ways and for a number, of different purposes.

One of the principal objects is to provide novel means which will permit the printing portion to assume different angular relations with respect to the axis of the handle, so that the impression of the parts of said printing portion will be properly made without regard to the angular position of the handle with respect to the marked surface.

A further object is -to provide a structure wherein the operators hand will be relieved of the jar incident to the impact of the stamp upon the surface to be marked and to furthermore provide a structure of this char-v acter wherein the type can be readily and conveniently changed as desired.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of the new stamp. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view therethrough. Fig. 3 is .a cross-sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a similar view on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a detail vertical sectional view on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3.

Similar referencenumerals designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the embodiment illustrated a head is employed that is made up of tubular sections 6 and 7, the section 7 being threaded into the section 6 and being held against turning by a suitable, thumb-screw 8. The section 6 has a rear or outer end wall 9, provided with a central opening 10, and in this opening is slidably mounted the stem 11 of a handle 12, said stem being of less diameter than the opening 10, and thus permitting the relative rocking movement of the handle and head.- The inner end of the stem 11 is provided with 5 is preferably flat and bears against the inner face of the wall 9. A coiled spring 13 is interposed between the head and handle;

The section 7 constitutes a guide for a type-carrier in the form of a cup 14, slidably mounted within the section 7 and normally abutted against the wall 9 of the section 6. The type 15 have inner enlarged ends 16, which are located in the carrier, said type projecting through the lower end of said carrier and having their outer ends movable through an opening 17 in the outer end wall 18 of the section 7. Under ordinary conditions, however, the said outer ends of the type are disposed inside the plane of the outer face of the end wall 18 and are yieldingly held in this position by a coiled spring 19, that is interposed between the carrier and the wall 18. A follower 20 is threaded into the carrier 14 and bears against the rear ends of the type to hold the same in place. follower has a transverse slot 21 to receive a screw-driver or other operating means and, furthermore, has a centrally-disposed seat 22, receiving one end of a spring 23, the other end of which bears against the inner side of the enlargement 12 of the stem. I

In actual practice the wall 18 is provided with the usual permanent type or symbols, whereas the type 15 are made detachable. When the stamp is applied to the article to be marked, the head can rock readily upon the stem, so that the entire legend will be stamped upon such articles without regard to the angular relation of the handle. When applied, the impact will cause the type 15 to be projected through the opening 17 and against the surface to be marked, said type being immediately retracted by the spring 19. This projection of the type is thus caused by the handle-stem, which is slidable longitudinally of the head. At the same time, the spring 23 being interposed between the stem and carrier and the spring 13 being interposed between the head and handle, the shocks and jars to the parts caused by the impact will be absorbed by said springs, and

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consequently the hand of the operator will an enlargement 12, the outer face of whichl readily detached and altered as desired.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, and many advan tages of the herein-described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a stamp, the combination with a head having a rear wall provided with an o ening, of a handle-stem passing through t e opening, and a spring located in the head and bearing outwardly against the inner end of the stem to urge the same outwardly, said spring permitting the relative lateral movement of the head and handle and permitting a yielding longitudinal inward movement to the handle.

2. ,In a stamp, the combination with a head having a rear wall provided with an o ening, of a handle-stem passing through t e opening and having an enlargement located within the head and of greater diameter than the opening, said enlargement bearing against said rear wall, and a spring located in the head and bearing against the inner face of the enlargement.

3. In a stamp, the combination with a head having a rear wall provided with an o ening, of a handle, a handle-stem passing t ough the opening and of less diameter than the same, whereby said stem and head have a relative rocking movement, said. stem having an enlargement located in the head and of greater diameter than the opening, said enlargement bearing against the inner face of the rear wall, a spring located in the head and bearing against the inner face of the enlargement to yieldingly maintain the same against the rear wall, and a spring lo cated on the stem and bearing against the rear end of the head and against the handle.

4. In a stamp, the combination with a head, of a handle slidably projecting from one end of the head and having an enlargement bearing against said end, a type-can rier slidably mounted in the head and having type movable through the other end thereof, and a spring located in the head and interposed between the handle and typecarrler.

6. In a stamp, the combination with a head, of a type-carrier movably mounted therein, a spring interposed between the lower end of the head and the lower portion of the carrier to normally hold the same elevated within the head, a handle movably projecting from the upper end of the head, and a spring interposed between the handle and carrier and yieldingly operating upon said carrier to cause the same to move downwardly in the head against the action of said elevating-spring, upon the downward movement of the handle.

7. In a stamp, the combination with a head, of a type-carrier movably mounted in the head, ahandle movably connected to the head and constituting means for moving the carrier with respect to the head, and yielding means interposed between the carrier and handle, said means effecting a yielding downward movement of the carrier on the downward movement of the handle.

8. In a stamp, the combination with a tubular head, of a handle having a stem slidably mounted in one end of the head, a typecarrier slidably mounted in one end of the head and having type that are arranged to project through the other end of said head, and a spring interposed between the carrier and stem.

9. In a stamp, the combination with a tubular head, of a handle having a stem slidably mounted in one end of the head, a typecarrier slidably mounted in one end of the head and having type that are arranged to project through the other end of said head, a spring interposed between the carrier and stem, and a spring interposed between the end of the head and. the carrier, said spring acting in opposition to the first-mentioned sprmg.

10. In a stamp, the combination with a tubular head, of a cupped spring-retracted tylpe-carrier slidably mounted in the head, a fo lower arranged in the carrier and constituting means for holding type therein, a handle movably associated with the head, and a spring interposed between the follower and handle.

11. In a stamp, the combination with a head comprising a sectional casing, of a typecarrier slidably mounted in one section of the casing, a handle having a stem slidably mounted in the other section, and yielding means interposed between the carrier and stem.

12. In a stamp, the combination with a head comprising tubular sections screwed together and having end walls provided with openings, of a cupped type-carrier slidably mounted in one section, type carried by said carrier and movable through the opening in one of the end walls, a spring interposed be tween said end wall and carrier, a follower screwed into the carrier and constituting holding means for the type, a handle, a stem In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as connected to the handle and slidably rnountmy own I have hereto affixed my signature 10 ed in the opdeplingdlofhthe other end wall of in the presence of two witnesses.

the head, sai an e aving an enlargement,

a spring interposed between the follower and FRANZ WENKE' enlargement, and a spring coiled upon the Witnesses:

stem and interposed between the handle and MICHAEL -A. FosTER, adjacent end wall of the head. 1 ERNEST C. WRIGHT. 

